<p>The discrepancy comes from the fact that the USA Rhodes site only lists the winners who are U.S. citizens. For example, one of the UNC winners this year is Canadian and is listed on the Canadian Rhodes site. Now this may affect other institutions’ tallies as well - maybe UVA has had international winners in the past that are over and above the numbers listed. But, in my opinion, it’s petty and not too professional to cast aspersions on UNC’s published numbers. I doubt they would fudge something like this, which is easy to track down.</p>
<p>Congratulations to all of the winners and to the fine institutions that supported their scholarship. That several public universities can and do support these academic careers is a testimonial to the enlightened taxpayers and governments of those states.</p>